Native American Affairs Advisory Council
The Native American Affairs Advisory Council was recently created and will function as an agency work group to support the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, the Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans, and all ACF program and regional offices that provide services to Native Americans.
The Chair of the Council is Lillian Sparks, Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans. Membership consists of Executive Principals from the following ACF Offices/Bureaus:
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families
One of the first activities to be carried out by the Council is the development an ACF Tribal Consultation Policy that was signed on August 18, 2011. This Policy may be updated every 2 years. Other activities include the development of this webpage which will be used to post information that ACF believes will be of interest to the tribes and Native Americans that we serve.
- Native American Affairs Workgroup Liaisons
- Take a look at upcoming events on the Event Calendar
- ACF Response to Tribal Testimony - August 2011 Tribal Consultation (pdf - 2.14 MB)
- Tribal Consultation Policy (pdf - 172kb)
- 2010 ACF Tribal Resource Directory
- Building Domestic Violence Health Care Responses in Indian Country: A Promising Practices Report
